This is a list ofdemonyms used to designate the citizens of specificstates,federal district, andterritories of theUnited States. Official English-language demonyms are established by theUnited States Government Publishing Office (USGPO);^[1] however, many other terms are in common use. Though most states use suffixes in their demonyms,Hawaii is an anomaly, as the USGPO demonym is "Hawaii resident." This is to distinguishpeople of various ethnic groups who live in Hawaii from thenative Hawaiians.

Map of state demonyms of the United States colored by suffix

Jurisdiction	Recommended by USGPO[1]	Alternatives
		Official	Unofficial	Archaic	Non-English
Alabama	Alabamian		Alabaman[2]
Alaska	Alaskan
American Samoa			American Samoan		Samoan:Amerika Samoa
Arizona	Arizonan		Arizonian[3]		Spanish:arizonense
Arkansas	Arkansan		Arkansasan, Arkansawyer,[4] Arkie[5]
California	Californian			Prune Picker,[6][7][8][9][10][11]Californios	Spanish:Californio, californiano, californiana
Colorado	Coloradan			Coloradoan[12][13]	Spanish:coloradino, coloradina;coloradeño, coloradeña
Connecticut	Connecticuter		Nutmegger[14]
Delaware	Delawarean		Blue Hen's Chicken,[15] Muskrat[15]
District of Columbia	Washingtonian
Florida	Floridian		Alligator,[16] Fly-Up-the-Creek[16]		Spanish:floridiano, floridiana
Georgia	Georgian		Buzzard, Cracker, Goober-grabber[17]
Guam			Guamanian		Chamorro:Tåotåo Guåhån
Hawaii	Hawaii resident		Islander,[18]Kamaʻāina. TheAssociated Press Stylebook restricts use of "Hawaiian" to people ofNative Hawaiian descent.[19]		Hawaiian:Kamaʻāina
Idaho	Idahoan
Illinois	Illinoisan		Illinoisian, Illinoian, Flatlander,[20] Sucker, Sand-hiller, Egyptian[21]
Indiana	Hoosier		Indianan (former GPO demonym replaced by Hoosier in 2016)[1]	Indianian[22]
Iowa	Iowan		Hawkeye[23]
Kansas	Kansan		Grasshopper,Jayhawker, Sunflower[24]
Kentucky	Kentuckian		Corncracker,[25] Kentuckyan
Louisiana	Louisianian		Louisianan		French:LouisianaisSpanish:luisiano, luisiana
Maine	Mainer		Down Easter or Downeaster,[26] Mainiac,[27]Yankee (rare)
Maryland	Marylander
Massachusetts	Massachusettsan	Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law)[28]	Massachusettsian,[29] Massachusite,[30][31] Masshole (derogatory[32] as anexonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as anendonym[33])
Michigan	Michigander[34]	Michigander	Michiganian, Wolverine,[35][36] Michiganite,Yooper/Troll (for residents of the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, respectively),[37] Michigoose (used specifically for female residents, as a play on "Michi-gander")[37]
Minnesota	Minnesotan		Minne
Mississippi	Mississippian
Missouri	Missourian		Missouran		French:MissourienSpanish:misuriano
Montana	Montanan				Spanish:montanés, montanesa
Nebraska	Nebraskan		Cornhuskers[38]	Bugeaters[39]
Nevada	Nevadan				Spanish:Nevadeño, nevadeña,nevadense
New Hampshire	New Hampshirite		New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys[40]
New Jersey	New Jerseyan		New Jerseyite
New Mexico	New Mexican				Spanish:neomexicano, neomexicana;neomejicano, neomejicana[41]
New York	New Yorker		Knickerbocker[42][43]		Spanish:neoyorquino, neoyorquina
North Carolina	North Carolinian		Tar Heel, Tar Boiler[44]		Spanish:norcarolino, norcarolina
North Dakota	North Dakotan				Spanish:nordakotense
Northern Mariana Islands			Mariana Islander		Chamorro:Tåotåo Mariånas
Ohio	Ohioan		Buckeye[45]	Ohian[46]
Oklahoma	Oklahoman		Okie,[47]Sooner[48]
Oregon	Oregonian
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvanian		Penn,Quaker,Pennamite[49]		Pennsylvania Dutch:Pennsylvanier[50]
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rican		Boricua[51]		Spanish:puertorriqueño, puertorriqueña
Rhode Island	Rhode Islander		Swamp Yankee[52]
South Carolina	South Carolinian		Sandlapper[53]		Spanish:sudcarolino, sudcarolina
South Dakota	South Dakotan				Spanish:sudakotense
Tennessee	Tennessean		Volunteer, Butternut[54]	Big Bender	Spanish:tennesiano, tennesiana
Texas	Texan		Texian (Anglo-Texan, historical),[55]Tejano (Hispano-Texan)	Texican (archaic)	Spanish:texano, texana;tejano, tejana
Utah	Utahn	Utahn[56]	Utahian (extremely rare),[citation needed] Utahan (a common exonym not typically used by Utahns)[57]		Spanish:utaheño, utaheña;yutaheño, yutaheña[58]
Vermont	Vermonter		Woodchuck[59]
Virgin Islands	Virgin Islander
Virginia	Virginian
Washington	Washingtonian
West Virginia	West Virginian		Mountaineer
Wisconsin	Wisconsinite		Badger,[60]Cheesehead,[61][62] Sconnie,[63] Wisconsonian, Wisconsese
Wyoming	Wyomingite		Wyomese,[64] Wyomingian		Spanish:wyominguita[65]

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